Stress Power Point (Printout)

7/27/2019 Stress Power Point (Printout)

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Stress : A spice to FormSix students

By Valentina Wong (6AS)


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Introduction

Stress is like spice - in the right proportion it enhances the flavorof a dish. Too little produces a bland, dull meal; too much maychoke you. This quote from Donald Tubesing simply implied thatstress brings both positive and negative impacts to us.

Good stress - eustress - is the spark that drives us to achievemore, to improve the quality of our life, to ask for a raise, to fightfor justice, or simply to go on a holiday. It pushes us to grow, tochange, to fight, and to adapt. Also, British researchers found thatwhile chronic exposure to high levels of cortisol damagedhippocampus, the right amount of this hormone could actually

enhance learning and memory.


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Stress is only harmful when it becomes overwhelming and

interrupts the healthy state of equilibrium that your nervoussystem needs to remain in balance. Long-term stressful situationscan produce a lasting, low-level stress that's hard on people. Thiscan wear out the body's reserves, leave a person feeling depletedor overwhelmed, weaken the body's immune system, and causeother problems.


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Research Objective

The main purpose of this research is :

to identify the stress level of Form Six

students in SMK Lutong, Miri

to justify that the male students hashigher capacity of resisting stress

to seek for the ways for Form Sixstudents to change from distress to de-stress.


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The resistance capacity of therespondents towards stress

Varia

ble

Work load stress

(%)Emotional exhaustion

(%)Vulnerability

(%)Physical stress level

(%)

LessMediu

m High Less Medium High LessMediu

mHig

h LessMediu

m High

Male 8.0 24.5 15.0 0.5 30.0 10.0 7.5 20.5 10 25 7.5 0.5

Femal

e 4.5 23.0 25.0 2.0 30.0 27.5 5.0 42.0 15 22.5 30.0 2.0


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Male VS Female


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Figure 1 : Resistance capacity of malestudents towards stress

0

5

10

15

20

25

30

35

Work load stress Emotional exhaustion Vulnerability Physical stress level

Resistance capacity of male students towards stress

Low

Medium

High


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Figure 2 Resistance capacity of female

students towards stress

0

5

10

15

20

25

30

35

40

45

Work load stress Emotional exhaustion Vulnerability Physical stress level

Resistance capacity of female students towards

stress

Low

Medium

High


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Best way to relief stress in Form Sixstudents

49%33%

15%

1% 1% 1%

Percentage of respondents who prefer music therapy

as the best solution to cope up with stress in life

Strongly agree

Agree

Agree somewhat

Disagree somewhat

Disagree

Strongly disagree


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37%

36%

17%

6%3%

1%

Percentage of respondents who prefer laughter as thebest solution to cope up with stress in life

Strongly agree

Agree

Agree somewhat

Disagree somewhat

Disagree

Strongly disagree


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37%

36%

17%

6%

3% 1%

Percentage of respondents who prefer exercise asthe best solution to cope up with stress in life

Strongly agree

Agree

Agree somewhat

Disagree somewhat

Disagree

Strongly disagree


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18%

35%31%

8%6%

2%

Percentage of respondents who prefer other ways asthe best solution to cope up with stress in life

Strongly agreeAgree

Agree somewhat

Disagree somewhat

Disagree

Strongly disagree


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Variable Frequency

Valid percentage

(%)Music therapy 122 38.00

Laughter 92 28.66Exercise 62 19.31

Other ways 45 14.02Total 321 100

Percentage which shows the best solution for Form Sixstudents to cope up with work load stress, emotional

exhaustion, vulnerability and physical stress in their life.


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38.00%

28.66%

19.31%

14.02%

Percentage which shows the best solution for Form Six studentsto cope up with with work load stress, emotional exhaustion,

vulnerability and physical stress in their life

Music therapy

Laughter

Exercise

Other ways


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Summary

In a nutshell, it can be concludedthat majority of the Form sixstudent in SMK Lutong, Miri,

experienced medium stress level,some encounter high stress levelwhereas very little studentsexperienced low stress level. Inother words, most of them hadlow or moderate resistance

capacity towards stress.Generally, according to the dataabove male students showedhigher resistance capacitytowards stress.

However, there are some ways

that can help to cope up withstress in life. In this context,music therapy had been selectedas the most effective way torelieve stress in life followed bylaughter, exercise and otherways.


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Suggestions We must manage our stress wisely. This can help to reduce stress

effectively. Stress management is specially applied in the purposeof improving everyday functioning. A stress journal can be apowerful help to identify stressors in our life. Every time when youfeel stressed write down the situation, the reasons that cause thestress and your reaction into stress journal. After doing this for awhile, you will notice the patterns that cause stress. Consequently ,you can identify you stress can deal it with the most suitable way.


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Students are advised not to procrastinate in their work. This is becausemost of the stress is caused by procrastinate blue. In fact,procrastinators always suffered from high stress level and burn-out.Because of their negative attitude, they can easily walk into depression.This might lead to serious psychological effect and mental disorder.Hence, develop a plan or schedule to help you reach your goals. Bydoing so you can manage you own priority systematically. Alsoremember to be flexible, revisit your goals regularly and modify or drop

if appropriate. Just because a goal is written down do not mean that itis set in stone!


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Conclusion

Stress is our body's response to the demands placed upon it. A littlestress is a good thing, but too much can have devastatingconsequences for our health and lives. Relaxation is the naturalanswer to stress. We must adapt a positive lifestyle and have apositive mind set. Most of us experience stress in situations where itis not the most appropriate response it is not that stress is the

problem, it is just the way we use it in modern society. We mustunderstand the effect of stress and minimise its impact or to promotea sense of wellbeing in our life. Bear in mind stress can be a killer ora force in life!

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